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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18814
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2013
xi, 135 p. : ill
Doctoral Dissertation
Academic theses
Text
eng
Rohlfing, Jessica Elizabeth
Tracey, Terence J. G.
Green, Samuel
Kinnier, Richard T.
Arizona State University
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2013
Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-135)
Field of study: Counseling psychology
ABSTRACT Perfectionism has been conceptualized as a relatively stable, independent, multidimensional personality construct in research during the last two decades. Despite general agreement that perfectionism is dimensional in nature, analyses using these instruments vacillate between a dimensional approach and a categorical approach (Broman-Fulks, Hill, & Green, 2008; Stoeber & Otto, 2006). The goal of the current study was two-fold. One aim was to examine the structural nature of two commonly used measures of perfectionism, the APS-R and the HFMPS. Latent class and factor analyses were conducted to determine the dimensions and categories that underlie the items of these two instruments. A second aim was to determine whether perfectionism classes or perfectionism factors better predicted 4 criterion variables of career indecision. Results lent evidence to the claim that both the APS-R and HFMPS are best used as dimensional, rather than categorical instruments. From a substantive perspective, results indicated that both positive and negative aspects of perfectionism successfully predicted career indecision factors. The study concludes with a discussion of limitations, and implications for future research and counseling individuals with career indecision concerns.
Counseling psychology
Career Decision-Making
Career Development
Career indecision
Perfectionism
Perfectionism (Personality trait)
Career development--Decision making.
Career Development
Structure of perfectionism and relation to career Indecision